Carl Colpaert
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| Occupation(s) | Film director, producer, writer |
Carl-Jan Colpaert is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and chairman of Cineville.com, Inc.
Early life
Carl-Jan Colpaert was born in
Biography
Carl-Jan Colpaert was born in Belgium.[1] He attended the American Film Institute, and started his professional career as a film editor for Roger Corman.[2] He founded the production and distribution company Cineville in 1990 with Christoph Henkel. Since October 2023 Cineville has also been operating as a streaming platform specializing in programming a curated selection of indie content. [3]
Colpaert made his directorial debut in 1991 with Delusion, which he co-wrote with Kurt Voss.[4] Three years later he helmed The Crew in an directorial effort that Variety called "misguided".[5] Drowning on Dry Land, a 1999 film that he wrote and directed, drew praise for Barbara Hershey and criticism for a screenplay that made the film "destined for half-inch".[6] His 2004 film The Affair was similarly panned, with Variety calling it a "homevid-bound indie drama that recalls the most pretentious pseudo-artsy product of the 1960s and '70s".[7]
Two years later his film
Colpaert has a star on the walk of fame in Ostend
Personal life
Colpaert resides in Malibu, California. He has two daughters, Jacqueline Dufwa-Colpaert (born in New York) and Celine Colpaert (born in Santa Monica), (Yves Dessca is godfather to Celine).
Selected filmography
Producer
- Gas Food Lodging (1992) - Columbia Tristar
- Mi Vida Loca (1993) - Sony Classics
- Swimming with Sharks (1994) - Lionsgate
- Cafe Society (film) (1995) - Showtime
- The Whole Wide World (1996) - Sony Classics
- Nevada (film) (1997) - Columbia Tristar
- The Velocity of Gary (1997) - Columbia Tristar
- Hurlyburly (film) (1997) - New Line Cinema
- Where Eskimos Live (2000) - Cineville
- Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont"" (2006) - Cineville/ BBC
- Disconnected (2016) - Warner Bros.
- Female Fight Club (2017) - Lionsgate
- Afterward (film) (2020) - Lionsgate
- Paul Is Dead (film)(2021) - Cineville
- Yucatan (film) (2021) - Lionsgate
Director
- In the Aftermath (1988) – New World International[10]
- Delusion (1991) – Columbia Tristar[11]
- The Crew (1994) – Lionsgate
- Drowning on Dry Land (1999) -Unipix
- Façade (2000) – Sony
- The Affair (2004) – Cineville
- G.I. Jesús (2006) – Cineville[9]
- Black Limousine (2012) – Anchor Bay Films
- Something About Her(2020) – Cineville
- Diamonds In the Sky (2021) - Cineville
References
- ^ Maslin, Janet (June 7, 1991). "Corruption And Greed On the Road". The New York Times. p. C12.
- ^ Stanley, John (September 22, 1991). "Director Carl Colpaert: No Delusions About Greed's Dark Side". San Francisco Chronicle. p. 28.
- ^ Bulale, Ubah (January 19, 2017). "Creating the "Netflix" of Indie Movie Streaming". BTRtoday. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
- ^ LaSalle, Mick (September 27, 1991). "'Delusion' in Desert Is Film Noir Sleeper: Director's chilling, impressive first work". San Francisco Chronicle. p. D3.
- ^ Levy, Emanuel (November 6, 1994). "The Crew". Variety. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
- ^ Elley, Derek (November 15, 1999). "Ghent in brief: Drowning on Dry Land". Variety. Vol. 377, no. 1. p. 93.
- ^ Leydon, Joe (June 4, 2004). "The Affair". Variety. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
- ScreenDaily. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
- ^ a b Seitz, Matt Zoller (April 5, 2007). "At War with Absurdity". The New York Times. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
- ^ "In the Aftermath Blu-ray". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved August 14, 2019.
- ^ Howe, Desson (October 4, 1991). "'Delusion' (R)". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 1, 2012.
External links
- Cineville homepage
- Carl Colpaert at IMDb
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